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1 C. S. LEET.

- CARTRIDGE SHELL EXTRAGTOR. 7 o, 232,997 Patented Aug. 14, 1883.

1 UNITED STATES- PATENT OrFicE.

CHARLES S; LEET, OF 'BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT.-

CARTRI DGE-SH ELL EXTRACTO R.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters'latent No. 282,997, dated August 14, 1883. i i Application filed November 24, 1882. (No model.) i

To all whom it may cancer-12 Be it known that I, CHARLES S. LEET, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented new and useful Improvements in 'Gartrid'geShell Extractors, of which the following is a specification. This invention relates to an improved method of making cartridge-shell extractors adapted tobe used for extracting by hand the empty shells of shotguns, the object being to reduce the cost of such extractors materially without impairing their practical efficiency,

I In the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure IV illustrates a complete car- (ridge-extractor constructed accordingto my invention. Fig. I is a'plan View of the metallic blank from which the extractor is formed. Fig. II illustrates the blanfk Fig. I, after being first bent, and Fig. IIIaftei' being a second time bent, and Fig. V is a plan view of the face of the extractor.

In the drawings,; A is the metallic blank. b

- indicates the finger-ring, and c c c the cartridgeto be filed and polished in addition to said machining to properly finish them, and the amount of metal contained in them is much greater than that required for my improved extractor, as hereinafter described.

I11 making my extractor I first prepare a sheet-metal blank, A, punched in one piece, as in Fig. I. Said blank'A is provided with the finger-ring b, for grasping and holding the extractor, and with the branch parts 0 c" c". In making the extractor from said blank I first to that shown in Fig. III, after which the branches 0 are bent to form hooks c, as shown in Figs. IV and V, thus completing the ex tractor.

What I claim as my invention isl. The within-described improved method of making cartridge-shell extractors, which consists in first making a sheet-metal blank having integrally a finger-ring, a body-plate,

bend it to the form-shown in Fig. II, and then 

